Windows Vista can be run for at least a year without being activated

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Windows Vista can be run for at least a year without being activated

03-16-2007, 11:35 AM,

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Windows Vista can be run for at least a year without being activated

Quote:Windows Vista can be run for at least a year without being activated, a serious end run around one of Microsoft Corp.'s key antipiracy measures, Windows expert Brian Livingston said today.

Livingston, who publishes the Windows Secrets newsletter, said that a single change to Vista's registry lets users put off the operating system's product activation requirement an additional eight times beyond the three disclosed last month. With more research, said Livingston, it may even be possible to find a way to postpone activation indefinitely.

"The [activation] demands that Vista puts on corporate buyers is much more than on XP," said Livingston. "Vista developers have [apparently] programmed in back doors to get around time restrictions for Vista activation." ...

full article: http://www.computerworld.com/action/arti...ticleBasic&articleId=9013258

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